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Post by gerbilord on Aug 5, 2020 23:10:09 GMT -8
Pets4homes is a good website for finding animals, both bred to be sold and ones that are no longer loved at their old home. I don't know if it's just uk based or other countries as well, but I'm sure you can find a website like that almost everywhere. It's useful because instead of showing you adverts from all over, you can pick a specific county/post code.
Anyway that's just one option. Alternatively you could find a rescue near you and see if they have any duprasi looking for homes. (Not very often, I find)
Also sometimes gerbil breeders also breed doops, so you could check that as well.
Pet shops are definitely not recommended (from me) - they hardly ever have duprasi anyway, and when they do, they usually come from rodent mills/farms and are often ill when bought.
Those are my thoughts, hope this helps a bit :)
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Post by Markpd on Aug 6, 2020 2:09:24 GMT -8
Well if guest101 is in the UK they could use the breeder we went to (it was you who got them from Clare right?), as she breeds Duprasis too. What's with the doops name? lol
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Post by gerbilord on Aug 6, 2020 2:10:58 GMT -8
Well if guest101 is in the UK they could use the breeder we went to (it was you who got them from Clare right?), as she breeds Duprasis too. What's with the doops name? lol Yup Claire is a great breeder, but it depends whereabouts in the UK too... Doops is just a shortening, and a cute nickname, I guess?
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Post by Markpd on Aug 6, 2020 2:15:51 GMT -8
I first read it as dopes! lol (wasn't sure if it was a different species again).
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Post by betty on Aug 6, 2020 2:22:39 GMT -8
Yep doops, duprasi, fat-tails - all great names for the little guys.
Yes, Claire breeds them and I thought recently had a litter available - but depends where you are - and yes, they can be really hard to find.
I have a waiting list all the time for my little ones, and recently people were paying couriers to move them around the country - just so they could have one!
I just hired a courier to get me some Persian Jirds - they are even more difficult to find that doops!
We need more gerbils/jirds in the UK...
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Post by Guest101 on Aug 7, 2020 19:06:10 GMT -8
I wish i could go to The UK, but I currently live on the east coast of the USA. Would a doop or gerbils be better, and if so why (I found a nearby gerbil breeder)?
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Post by gerbilord on Aug 7, 2020 23:17:01 GMT -8
I don't have duprasi, so this is all information from the internet...
-Captive duprasi have a life span of 5-7 years (longer than the 3-5 of gerbils) -They're nocturnal, unlike gerbils (but can be seen during the day sometimes) -Can be kept alone, unlike gerbils (I think they can also be housed in pairs/groups though) -They need a long, wide home instead of a deep one, unlike gerbils, because they don't do much burrowing -Mainly eat insects(?) so you have to buy things like mealworms etc. Mongolians also eat insects, but I think for doops its like a staple food? (also it's recommended that you get live insects for the duprasi because they love to eat them, so that might put you off?)
Anyway, that's just some of the stuff I found, but it's definitely better if someone like betty gives you more info... Maybe there should be a duprasi section of the forum (or a separate forum?) - just a thought :)
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Post by betty on Aug 8, 2020 0:33:55 GMT -8
Ooh - a seperate forum for doops - that would be big. Not sure they are uite ready for that - but I will certainly consider starting on up now you mention it. Maybe for now - I can just start up a duprasi continuous thread to see what the interest is?
There are doop breeders in the US (but there are certain laws about transporting them beteween states I think - but this isn't as clear from over here now as it used to be - they are an African mammal and so were originally totally banned everywhere - but now more breeders are appearing all over).
So far though - we don't know of any doops that live that long - but it is only recently that so many people have been having them and discussing them - so it could still be a 'top age' (under certain circumstances or with wild caught stock) - it's just that we aren't reaching it right now.
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Post by Guest101 on Aug 8, 2020 9:37:30 GMT -8
I think we need a doop forum. If you start a duprasi page/forum I'll make sure to check it out! There such amazing little creatures. Do they do good in tanks? And I so, what size?
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Post by Markpd on Aug 8, 2020 10:05:29 GMT -8
betty started a thread for them , in 'Other Gerbils species'.
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Post by Guest101 on Aug 12, 2020 5:35:49 GMT -8
I will be stallking that doop page 😀
How long can gerbils be left alone? I was considering a hamster (I'm part of the hamster hideout forum and got directed here), but I kinda want to find a small pet that an be left alone a bit longer, as my parents think it's crazy to have someone come to take care of a small pet or take them on vacation.
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Aug 12, 2020 5:51:10 GMT -8
I probably wouldn't leave gerbils more than 2 nights, but hamsters can be left for that amount of time too, especially dwarfs. My Roborovski was much lower maintenance than any gerbil I've had. You could get someone to drop in every couple of days when you're away, or take them in a smaller tank to a friend.
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Post by betty on Aug 13, 2020 3:38:09 GMT -8
Yes, gerbils can cause such changes in an enclosure overnight even that it isn't wise to leave them unattended for more than 48 hours. Sometimes they can escape in 6!
Lots of people use a smaller enclosure to take with them or, like said above, to sit with a neighbour or friend. Or even have them pop in for you once a day if you are close.
Plenty of options - gerbils should never stop you from going away - mine never have and I have LOADS!
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Post by Markpd on Aug 13, 2020 11:29:15 GMT -8
How many do you have?
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Post by betty on Aug 14, 2020 4:51:41 GMT -8
Well I don't keep all mine of course when breeding (jirds and gerbils that is) - and I currently only have 34 at home with me right now.
And that doesn't include the harvest mice and voles...
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